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    SP3a1 tube map.

    thanks don, mine was upgraded to the c also.
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    SP3a1 tube map.

    phono section on the SP3a1 i need the map for finding the tube layout so i can just replace the phono section because that is noisy (tube rush, loud) but not the line stage which is dead quiet. i'm not one who can read a schematic so well, i just need the map for the physical layout of the...
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    Monolith 1060 planars

    i am currently borrowing a pair of these from a freind. so far, the lows have been definitive down to the sub-basement with detail and buoyancy. quite natural through the mids and highs with perhaps, not the ne plus ultra very top end. will be trying the Schiit Jotenheim with it soon which...
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    Why No Treble and Bass Controls on High-End Audio Pre-amplifiers?

    without having read all the pages of responses here, i think it is a near necessity to have some form of tone control AVAILABLE. i do so feel that everything that can be done to get good and satisfactory sound from your system ant then only apply eq. some musicians like Robert E. Greene...
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    Analog "Guru" Wally Malewicz passed away

    not to **** on his grave but wally was attending LA Audio society meetings and at Weinhart Designs, he took numerous orders and the money and then disappeared and those people never got their protractors. yes, he was exceedingly knowledgeable but i value interrity and ethics much more than...
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    Good Music for testing Audio Equipment

    this is one where diana has the BEST version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J9bwNLRiJU
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    Good Music for testing Audio Equipment

    somebody already probably put this but i really like diana krall's version of tom waits' Temptation. holly cole's is good but diana really nailed it. the cd-miles gurtu is a great one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKDkp7-J_ko
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    for those of us that don't have big money

    yes, i agree that the MT would be the right arm for the Kb. i logged many hours listening to the Kb in a great environment for it. sota sapph/mmt, counterpoint sa3000, adcom 5400, IMF rspm IV, and also ML reQuests using the IMF as a sub! at the LAAS 2017 i got a wonderful listen to the...
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    Good Music for testing Audio Equipment

    Mostly, aside from LT to RT placements, the mics are above the level of the head of the conductor, hence the ability for pinpoint imaging. pinpoint imaging. Is essential for the conductor to hear EACH instrument.
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    for those of us that don't have big money

    i now know two people that have them and both are experienced audiophiles. one is using a linn sonded tt and he has owned MANY good pieces of gear and truly likes the hana.
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    for those of us that don't have big money

    in recordcollectornews.com, jim kaplan gives a short comment that amounts to a rave. https://www.readoz.com/#/viewer?id=ZePQxDgiiYTZEU&page=6
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    Mechanical Diodes? Really?

    i agree with having an idea about how a product works but online, there are many who fluff on about fairy dust and uneducated or misdirected challenges to the white papers. long ago, before there was the amazing Randi chipping away at interconnects, i listened for myself for...
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    Mechanical Diodes? Really?

    theories or no, you should have the right to try an item in your system and IF it produces an improvement and not just a difference, then it works. i once sat in on a demo of Aurios bearing based isolators. my thought was that you would place it under something with moving parts like a disc...
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    for those of us that don't have big money

    racedoc, yes, the Sumiko premiere MMT designed by Fletcher (?) is what i have and yes, it is a jelco derivative. perhaps even just a rebadged jelco. so about Fletcher, not actually sure about that. does anyone have knowledge about how jelco emerged. the dual pins on the headshell strike me...
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    for those of us that don't have big money

    thanks guys, when a cart goes over the $1k mark, it srarts to make my money bag get light headed. one cart that has intrigued me is th 23r (no longer avail.) and 17d because, like my beloved XLM, it has an exquisitely short cantilever which rather demands high compliance.
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